Recommended Reading
"The Aliens" by Annie Baker
"Angels in America" by Tony Kushner
"Antigone" by Jean Anouilh
"The Brother/Sister Plays" by Tarell Alvin McCraney
"The Crucible" Arthur Miller
"Day of Absence" Douglas Turner Ward
"Doubt" by John Patrick Shanley
The plays of Amiri Baraka including "Dutchman and The Slave"
"Father Comes Home from the Wars Parts I, II, and III" by Suzan-Lori Parks
"Frozen" by Bryony Lavery
"Leftovers" by Josh Wilder
"'night, Mother" by Marsha Norman
"Stop Kiss" by Diana Son
"White Noise" by Suzan-Lori Parks
Recommended Viewing
Stream your favorite Broadway hits anytime, anywhere! You can find login information on the library website.
Doubt: adapted for film by the playwright John Patrick Shanley
Freestyle Love Supreme: Interviews and archival footage tell the story of the hip-hop improv group Freestyle Love Supreme.
August Wilson's Fences
Vanya on 42nd St: Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya on film.
Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet
She Loves Me: Watch the 2015 Broadway production.
Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet
SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley, will produce daily online shows entitled “Stars In The House!” Featuring stars of stage and screen singing and performing live (from home!) on YouTube, this concert series will promote support for The Actors Fund’s services for those most vulnerable to the effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
YouTube videos from a musical theater superfan
"Free online streams of select 'Live From Lincoln Center' broadcasts featuring Broadway productions from Lincoln Center Theater and the New York Philharmonic.
The Homebound Project is a new independent theater initiative, focused on connecting sheltering artists and helping to feed children affected by Covid-19 in NYC and beyond.
The Gorgeous Nothings: In Concert, a celebration of the vibrancy of NYC's hidden LGBTQ+ community in the 1920s and '30s, will be available to stream for 48 hours beginning at 8 pm Eastern on Saturday, June 20.
“Fires in the Mirror” is Anna Deavere Smith's groundbreaking documentary play about the city-wide trauma that occurred in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in August 1991.
As part of the Broadway’s Best on PBS lineup, in 2017 "Great Performances" aired a special encore presentation of "In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams," showcasing the 2008 musical that launched Lin-Manuel Miranda’s rise to stardom. For access, please email library@nobles.edu.
Online Resources
The New Play Exchange
"The world's largest digital library of scripts by living writers."
Concord Theatricals
Contains multiple catalogs including the work of Irving Berlin, Agatha Christie, George & Ira Gershwin, Marvin Hamlisch, Lorraine Hansberry, Kander & Ebb, Ken Ludwig, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dominique Morisseau, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Thornton Wilder and August Wilson.
Dramatists Play Service
"Dramatists Play Service, Inc. (DPS) was created to foster national opportunities for playwrights by publishing affordable editions of their plays and handling the performance rights to these works."
Music Theater international
Free access to a number of scripts.
From The New York Times: 'The Universe Hit Pause’: The Ripple Effects of Broadway’s Shutdown
Broadway Podcast Network (especially Bleeding Love)
Playing On Air (Especially June Weddings)
Watch your favorite stars sing!
This Pride Month, celebrate the LGBTQIA+ theatrical canon with Pride Plays, a free online performance series benefiting Broadway Cares.
The Times Square Alliance's Songs for Our City challenge showcases Broadway actors and composers who are also singer-songwriters. Starting June 15, for seven consecutive days, watch their new, original songs and vote for your favorites to make it to the finale. Celebrity judges include Emmy-nominated actor Tituss Burgess, "Six" creators Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Time Out New York critic Adam Feldman and Tony-nominated composer and lyricist Andrew Lippa.
